Dodge City times., 1887-12-29
miscellaneous.


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Miscellaneous.
THE annual meeting of the Kansas State
Short-horn Breeders Association, recently
held at Topeka, was attended by large
number of cattle men, and the meeting was
an unusually interesting one. The follow
ing officers were chosen: W. S. White, Sa.
betha, president; q. NJ. Clifford, Milford,
vice-president; E. NJ. Shelton, Manhattan,
secretary and treasurer; George Y. John
son, Lawrence, w. A. Harris, Lnwood,
F. D. Coburn, Wyandotte, executive COM
mittee.
ABRAM WEAVER. father Of Congressman
J. b. Weaver, of Iowa, and a pioneer OF
Michigan. Iowa snd Kansas. died at Atchi.
son recently, aged eighty -four years.
The story of the existence Of a case OF
leprosy in Butler County is positively de-
MED.
EDITH MILLER, eight years old, was
fatally burned at Atchison the other after.
noon while playing with some other chi.-
dreu about a bonfire. the flames being CON-
municated to her clothing. At the time Of
the accident her father was In Jail on the
charge of dosing bottle of whisky with
laudanum. with the intention of drugging
ana robbing Hon. Joseph Donahue.
The police of LeavenwOrth the other
night arrested a stranger at the National
Hotel on suspicion of being a crook At
the station house he gave his name as F. V.
Walworth, and upon being searched S.. 6lj
was found beside q handsome gold watch
with gold charm. After taking his de-
scription, the chief of police gave orders
to release HIM, giving him two dollars to
get bed with, and telling him to call in
the morning for the balance. The stranger
went back to the hotel and engaged a bed,
but did not occupy it, neither did he call
for his watch and money.
JOSIAH SIMoNDs, his wife and cousin ar
rived at Atchison early the other morning
en- route to California, and were sitting in
the waiting room when S.mOnds asked for
u small bottle OF wine III his wife's satchel.
The lady had been suffering from neural
gia and had a bottle Of chlorOfOrm. This
she handed her husband by mistake, and
he drank large mouthfui, but expressed
no fear and would not let his wife send for
a physician. He soon lost consciousness
and before doctor could arrive was dead.
On the Goth Secretary of War Endicott
Adjutant General Drum, Colonel I. F. Barr
and Captain d. w. Taylor, the Secretary's
military secretary, arrived at Fort Leaven-
worth. The Secretary was received with q
salute of seventeen guns. His visit was
for the purpose OF inspecting the military
prison. He found 4S4 military convicts
serving out sentences, varying from one TO
ten years.
GovERSOR MARTIN has issued procla-
nation offering a reward of 500 for the
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the murder OF Samuel Eckart at Wallace,
December 12.
GUS BRANDT, the seventeen-year-olds son
of Charles &. Brandt, living three miles
west of Parsons, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a shot gun the other
day. He left small piece of paper on
which was written: MY trouble is bad
health; goodbye everybo iy.'
The sudden cold weather brought mach
suffering to the people of portions OF
Western Kansas. A number of persons
were frozen to death.
AN unknown man has been lately work
ing Kansas merchants pretty extensively
ut the expense of st. Joseph paper deal
ing firm.
An alternative writ Of mandamus was
recently allowed by Chief Justice Horton,
of the Supreme Court, in the case Ct the
S ate of Kansas, ex rel s. b. Bradford,
Attorney General, VS.. the mayor and CONF
Gil of Kansas City, Kan, requiring the
defendants to pass such ordinances as
might be necessary to proviic for the pay
ment of the salaries of the police officers
appointed under the Metropolitan Police
bill for the months of July, August, Sep
tember, October and November, OR show
cause why they should not January 3.
AT "a depth Of 1,O0S feet 26inch vein OF
fine btuminous coal was recently struck
and passed through at the Leavenworth
gas well. This was the second vein found
within eight days.
topeka was recently treated to the SEN
sational news item that q "well-known
lady, leader of fashion and mover in
society circles had been detected in pill.
ferlng from cne of the fashionable dry
goods stores of that city.
A LATE fire at Holton burned the large
new Newman Allen building and the City
Bank b.oci1, two of the largest and most
valuable business structures in the town.
The total loss aggregated $4,000, about
fifty per cent. of which was covered by in
surance.
The wives of resident members of the G..
A. r. in Canada presented the soldiers
home in Lew. nworth with 30 upholstered
cushions for the use Of the veterans. They
were d stribUted from the Christmas tree
and gwen to the most deserving and oldest
veterans OF the home.
THE blizzard hit hard.
RECENTLY t'lirty-one checks were dis
covered in the banks of Wichita drawn by
Peter Walsh on A. Flagg, each calling for
els. All bore the same date, and were put
OF on business men, Walsh making Il small
purchase of goods and presenting check,
getting the balance due him in cash.
Walsh worked for Flagg in foundry and
had not been heard from.
1T Is stated that the United States pen
sion office will be removed to Leavenworth,
there not being sufficient room in the Gov.
ernment building at Topeka for the in
creasing business. 1t was also stated that
for the same reason the United States mar.
shals Office would probably be removed.
The stories of terrible suffering and
death in Western Kansas during the late
storm are pr Jnounced false.
The other morning about eight o'clock
q. Ritter, of Wichita, heard noise in his
daughters room On the second floor and
rushing in found one man choking her
and another looking about the room for
valuables. One Of the burglars felied him
with q chair aud hen the thieves fed. 1t
was soon learned that they had been IN
Ritzer's rom and stolen over &1O0i in money
and some jewelry. The daughter walked
up while they were IN her rom and
screamed, when she was seized by the
throat.
THE seed and plant house of Bassler &
Nro., Of Manhattan. was totally destroyed
BY IRE the other day.
MAJOR SINS, secretary Of the Board Of
Agricul. ure, will resign January -